Brig Ali planned an air strike on GHQ: report
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: The News RAWALPINDI: According to a British media report, Brig Ali Khan, who is facing a court-martial for mutiny as well as treason, […]
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Zia H Shah
He is a physician practicing in Upstate New York. He is the Chief Editor of the Muslim Times, which has more than 43,000 followers in Twitter. He is also Chair of Religion and Science for the Muslim Sunrise, the oldest Muslim publication in North America. He has authored more than 400 articles on Islam, Christianity, Secularism and Religion & Science. Follow in Twitter: @The_MuslimTimes
Pakistan fails to provide security to minorities: AI
The Muslim Times’ Editor for Pakistan Credit: Daily Times Friday, March 02, 2012 LAHORE: The Pakistan government has failed to protect religious minorities from systematic campaigns of violence and vilification, Amnesty International said on the first anniversary of the assassination of minorities minister Shahbaz Bhatti. The only Christian member of […]
Video Games Depict Religion as Violent, Problematized, Study Shows
ScienceDaily (Feb. 27, 2012) — In the past few years, the video game industry has grown from a niche market into a major part of mainstream media. This increase in popularity and use of technology has allowed video game developers to insert more detail and nuance into the storylines of their […]
Women Are Best At Being Buddies
ScienceDaily (Mar. 8, 2007) — A four-year study by sociologists at The University of Manchester has found that women are much more likely than men to make deep and lasting friendships. The investigation into social networks by the University’s Research Centre for Socio-Cultural Change found that men are more fickle and […]
Beauty Has a Dark Side: Morbid Curiosity Explained
ScienceDaily (Mar. 1, 2012) — Drew Thies, a junior English major from Kansas, always put Ralph Waldo Emerson in the “optimistic category” as far as writers of his era went … until he took “American Poetry before 1900” taught by Eric G. Wilson. Thies says he will never forget when Wilson, […]
GHANA: Ahmadiyya youth donate blood to save lives
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Organization has embarked on a community outreach to donate blood to the Kumasi South Hospital in the Ashanti region. The group says members are committed to […]
LEAKED STRATFOR EMAILS: Analysts Didn’t Believe Bin Laden Was Buried At Sea
Stratfor analysts did not believe that Osama bin Laden was buried at sea, according to Stratfor emails leaked by WikiLeaks. At 5:26 a.m. on May 2, the morning after Barack Obama announced the successful raid on bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound, Stratfor CEO George Friedman sent an email with the subject “[alpha] OBL” that […]
Rutte refuses to condemn PVV website after Brussels meeting
Prime minister Mark Rutte on Thursday again refused to condemn a website set up by the anti-immigration PVV where people can complain about central and eastern Europeans, following a meeting with the chairman of the European parliament. In a joint news conference after the meeting, Schultz said both he and […]
Tough US warning on Iran gas pipeline
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned on Wednesday that the Iran gas pipeline project was “inexplicable” and could invoke US sanctions that would further ‘undermine’ Pakistan’s ‘already shaky’ economy. Source: Anwar Iqbal, DownCom Earlier, Congressman John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat, drew Secretary Clinton’s attention to the Pakistan-Iran gas […]
Massive storm system weakens after 12 deaths
http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&videoId=bestoftv/2012/03/01/ac-harrisburg-illinois-mayor-tornado.cnn (CNN) — Weary residents may get some good news Thursday as the monster storm system that already battered many Midwestern states and caused a dozen deaths is expected to weaken. The National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center downgraded its outlook for severe weather from moderate to slight over the […]
I.B.M. Researchers Inch Toward Quantum Computer
Source: NY Times. I.B.M. is jumping into an area of computing that has, until now, been primarily the province of academia: the quest to build a quantum computer. A computer that took advantage of the oddities of quantum physics could solve in seconds certain problems that would occupy present-day […]
’جی ایچ کیو پر ایف سولہ سے حملے کا منصوبہ تھا
Credit: BBC Urdu (Online) آصف فاروقی بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، اسلام آباد آخری وقت اشاعت: جمعرات 1 مارچ 2012 , 13:44 GMT 18:44 PST حکومتِ پاکستان کے خلاف بغاوت پھیلانے اور فوجی صدر دفاتر پر حملے کی سازش کے الزام میں زیرِ حراست پاکستانی فوجی افسر بریگیڈیئر […]
Sectarian killers thrive under legal system in Pakistan
Source: Dawn The bloodbath of Shia Muslims at the hands of fundamentalist Sunnis continues along the streets and roads in Pakistan. The Shia victims of sectarian violence have little hope for justice since three out of every four terrorism cases end up in an acquittal on technicalities. Yesterday, Shias en […]
Humanity First: Helping humanity, True Image of Islam
Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | US Desk Source/Credit: The Guggington Post | Gadling Blog By Chris Owen | February 28, 2012 Humanity First works to assist people affected by natural disasters, war, […]
Germany: Imam preaches at Canisius Jesuits community Church near Berlin
Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | EU Desk Source/Credit: The Tagesspiegel, By Benjamin Lassiwe | February 27, 2012 It is rare for a Muslim to deliver a sermon in a Catholic church. […]
Charities open to religious groups
BEIJING – Chinese authorities have given the green light for religious groups to engage in more charitable work, according to an announcement by the State Administration for Religious Affairs and five other departments. Preferential policies, including government subsidies and tax reductions, are in place when religious groups seek registration to […]
China hits out at ‘troublemaker’ Manila in maritime row
China and the Philippines are continuing to trade barbs amid a rumbling row over disputed areas in the South China Sea. A China Daily editorial called Manila a “troublemaker” and criticised its move to allow oil and gas companies to bid for contracts in two offshore areas. Read More…
Weight Loss Discovery Making National Headlines
Credit: How Life Works: Did you know you can lose weight without dieting? That’s what one new weight loss product wants you to believe, after claiming you can lose 30 pounds in six months, without changing what you eat. It’s called the Sensa Weight Loss System, and it’s one of […]
Radical theory of first Americans places Stone Age Europeans in Delmarva 20,000 years ago
Credit: Washington Post: When the crew of the Virginia scallop trawler Cinmar hauled a mastodon tusk onto the deck in 1970, another oddity dropped out of the net: a dark, tapered stone blade, nearly eight inches long and still sharp. Forty years later, this rediscovered prehistoric slasher has reopened debate […]
Israeli poll undercuts Netanyahu on Iran
Credit: Asiatimes: By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON – As top US and Israeli officials prepare for a crucial set of meetings, a new survey finds little backing among the Israeli public for a military strike against Iranian nuclear facilities without Washington’s approval. Only about one in five Israelis (19% ) favor […]